Match Thread - Port Vale v Tranmere

[PVFC123]

Kay and Joyce doesn’t work if Askey does go with that again he needs go already, just attack them Pope and Miller and Whitfield just behind get Manny in the middle with Whelan, he must have something being in the United ranks.

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Brown

 

Clark

Crookes

Howkins (if he's not fit to play then why is he here for a dozen games?)

Gibbons

 

Hannatt

Conlon

Oyeleke

Whitfield

 

Pope

Miller

 

Straightforward 442. There's no point playing in fancy formations or setting up in a way that requires players to do more than one job well when the players aren't good enough. We should play simple football, because at the moment the scarce skills we do genuinely have are being neutralised by bizarre tactics and ever-changing partners or the player is sitting on the bench!

[Robbie Earle's Perm]

Brown

 

Gibbons

Legge

Rawlinson

Crookes

 

Montano

Kay / Manny if he's fit

Whelan

Whitfield

 

Pope

Miller

 

I’d go with that although Rawlinson would never be in my side, Howkins ideally, if not the kit man, even he can pass a ball better!

[Robbie Earle's Perm]

I saw Whelan play on Wednesday and he didn't really look like he was ready for the first team, or the reserves come to that....

 

So what you are saying is he’s still more of a footballer than Kay then 😂

[Robbie Earle's Perm]

Have you actually seem Whelan play?

 

I have, good player and worth a go.

[Erniemossrules]

I'd spring a surprise and go with a more mobile front two as I guess Tranmere will be expecting Pope up front.

I didn't think the back line did much wrong yesterday but it's midfield and scoring that really needs altering.

With that in mind is go

Brown

Rawlinson

Smith

Legge

Clarke

Worrall

Kay

Conlon

Montano

Turner

Miller.

 

Turner instead of of Pope you are joking? might as well put Boomer up front.

[PV1973]

Whelan is not ready yet to go into the first team. Conlon is ahead of him IMO.

[Emile]

Have you actually seem Whelan play?

 

Nope. I've seen Conlon, Kay and Joyce enough times to know they aren't the answer.

 

Howkins for Rawlinson would be a good shout.

[valiant steve]

We need two up top with Pope to provide the pace and turn defenders. We have Miller, Whitfield, Elliot and Turner who all have pace.

433 could work. We'd have two subs to come on and inject pace if we started with Miller and Elliot and changed them for Whitfield and Turner (or any other combination)

[themightyvale]

As if tomorrow wasn't going to be hard enough, we've got our friend Trevor Kettle as referee.

[valefan16]

As if tomorrow wasn't going to be hard enough, we've got our friend Trevor Kettle as referee.

 

He was ok on the opening day for us.

[themightyvale]

He was ok on the opening day for us.

 

The exception that proves the rule

[PV1993]

Lets get some width, and creativity in the middle. Askey has to go with what he favours, no point playing someone else's system.

 

4-3-3: Brown; Gibbons, Legge, Howkins, Crookes; Oyeleke (if fit), Kay, (Hannant/Conlon); Whitfield, Pope, (Montano/Worrall).

[man in the pub]

If we were going to beat anyone at home then it was Morecambe. I will be at the Tranmere game with zero expectations. I have been saying all season we are too good to go down, then I was saying there are 2 teams worse than us. I now believe neither. Sincerely hope I am wrong but its beginning to look a lot like relegation. Team selection is just shuffling deckchairs on the Titanic.

[valefan16]

If we were going to beat anyone at home then it was Morecambe. I will be at the Tranmere game with zero expectations. I have been saying all season we are too good to go down, then I was saying there are 2 teams worse than us. I now believe neither. Sincerely hope I am wrong but its beginning to look a lot like relegation. Team selection is just shuffling deckchairs on the Titanic.

 

Morecambe despite shithousing a win looked a far poorer side, as did Yeovil who are in even worse free fall so there is hope. 14 games 3 wins and four draws probably does it and is achievable but we need confidence quickly.